Earlywood-latewood demarcation criteria and their effect on genetic parameters of growth ring density components and efficiency of selection for end-of-rotation density of radiata pine
Kumar, S.
Silvae Genetica 51(5/6): 241-246
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-5349
Accession: 003720995
Most commonly used components of the basic density of a growth ring are earlywood density, latewood density, and latewood ratio. Various arbitrarily chosen criteria have been used as a demarcation of the earlywood-latewood boundary. The present study was conducted to compare genetic parameter estimates of ring density (RD) components using various demarcation criteria.